What does endeavor mean?

endeavor means "a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in endeavor?

endeavor has 3 syllables: en-deav-or. The stress falls on "deav". In IPA it is /ɪnˈdɛvɚ/.

What is another word for endeavor?

Close synonyms include enterprise, endeavour, attempt, effort, endeavour. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is endeavor a common word?

endeavor is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with endeavor?

1 word rhymes with endeavor. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

endeavor — meaning, pronunciation and 3 definitions

noun

2 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)
“he had doubts about the whole enterprise”
Synonymsenterprise endeavour
Broaderundertaking
Narrowerracket forlorn hope business activity
2.
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
“made an effort to cover all the reading material”
“wished him luck in his endeavor”
“she gave it a good try”
Synonymsattempt effort endeavour try
Broaderactivity
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verb

1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
attempt by employing effort
“we endeavor to make our customers happy”
Synonymsendeavour strive
Broadertry
Narrowerstruggle take pains buck

Other forms of endeavor

plural: endeavors·
past tense: endeavorred·
present participle: endeavorring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about endeavor

What does endeavor mean?: endeavor means "a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in endeavor?: endeavor has 3 syllables: en-deav-or. The stress falls on "deav". In IPA it is /ɪnˈdɛvɚ/.
What is another word for endeavor?: Close synonyms include enterprise, endeavour, attempt, effort, endeavour. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is endeavor a common word?: endeavor is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.
What rhymes with endeavor?: 1 word rhymes with endeavor. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for endeavor come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

noun

2 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)
“he had doubts about the whole enterprise”
Synonymsenterprise endeavour
Broaderundertaking
Narrowerracket forlorn hope business activity
2.
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
“made an effort to cover all the reading material”
“wished him luck in his endeavor”
“she gave it a good try”
Synonymsattempt effort endeavour try
Broaderactivity
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verb

1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
attempt by employing effort
“we endeavor to make our customers happy”
Synonymsendeavour strive
Broadertry
Narrowerstruggle take pains buck

Other forms of endeavor

plural: endeavors·
past tense: endeavorred·
present participle: endeavorring·

Questions about endeavor

What does endeavor mean?: endeavor means "a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in endeavor?: endeavor has 3 syllables: en-deav-or. The stress falls on "deav". In IPA it is /ɪnˈdɛvɚ/.
What is another word for endeavor?: Close synonyms include enterprise, endeavour, attempt, effort, endeavour. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is endeavor a common word?: endeavor is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.
What rhymes with endeavor?: 1 word rhymes with endeavor. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

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